Cataract; Complicata — Outcome of Cataract Surgery With Uveitis
Citation(s)
Carpentier SJ, Jung JL, Patnaik JL, Pecen PE, Palestine AG A Cross-Sectional Online Survey Identifies Subspecialty Differences in the Management of Pediatric Cataracts Associated with Uveitis. Ophthalmol Ther. 2020 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s40123-020-00245-x. [Epub ahead of print]
Chen JL, Bhat P, Lobo-Chan AM Perioperative Management of Uveitic Cataracts. Adv Ophthalmol Optom. 2019 Aug;4:325-339. doi: 10.1016/j.yaoo.2019.04.014. Epub 2019 May 18.
El Gharbawy SA, Darwish EA, Abu Eleinen KG, Osman MH Efficacy of addition of nepafenac 0.1% to steroid eye drops in prevention of post-phaco macular edema in high-risk eyes. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul;29(4):453-457. doi: 10.1177/1120672118799626. Epub 2018 Sep 11.
Interventional studies are often prospective and are specifically tailored to evaluate direct impacts of treatment or preventive measures on disease.
Observational studies are often retrospective and are used to assess potential causation in exposure-outcome relationships and therefore influence preventive methods.
Expanded access is a means by which manufacturers make investigational new drugs available, under certain circumstances, to treat a patient(s) with a serious disease or condition who cannot participate in a controlled clinical trial.
Clinical trials are conducted in a series of steps, called phases - each phase is designed to answer a separate research question.
Phase 1: Researchers test a new drug or treatment in a small group of people for the first time to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects.
Phase 2: The drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people to see if it is effective and to further evaluate its safety.
Phase 3: The drug or treatment is given to large groups of people to confirm its effectiveness, monitor side effects, compare it to commonly used treatments, and collect information that will allow the drug or treatment to be used safely.
Phase 4: Studies are done after the drug or treatment has been marketed to gather information on the drug's effect in various populations and any side effects associated with long-term use.
